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LAAPFF Short Film Review: “In Full Bloom” (2019), dir. Maegan Houang. Li-Wei Chu 5 years ago. Warning: Spoilers Below. Official film poster for In Full Bloom. Throughout her prolific career as a music video director, Los Angeles based filmmaker Maegan Houang has explored a wide range of dark fantasy topics with her uncompromising direction.
Delve into Los Angeles-based director Maegan Houang’s filmography, and you’ll be stunned at some of the macabre things that you’ll find. Horror, unnerving tension, and elements of dark fantasy all come together in her works time and time again, coalescing in a kaleidoscope of gruesome ideas.
Given creative control and $3,000, she directed the video for “Happy” from Mitski’s 2016 album Puberty 2, which involves a 1950s-inspired Asian housewife whose white husband possesses a heinous secret.
Jul 30, 2024 · Maegan Houang’s work is stunningly transportative and distinguishes her as one of the most exciting up-and-coming filmmakers on the scene. But she didn’t always imagine herself in film. On the heels of her latest film release, , Houang sits down with Mixed Asian Media’s Angela Wong Carbone to discuss her journey to filmmaking, how the ...
Aug 7, 2019 · In Full Bloom: A Short Film on the Black Hole of Grief. In a conversation with VSCO, filmmaker Maegan Houang explains that “ In Full Bloom tells the story of Cecile, an elderly Vietnamese hoarder, whose life is upended when worms open a black hole in her house and threaten to take all her stuff.
Jun 27, 2019 · Maegan Houang Weaves an Alluringly Surreal Tale of Memory & Loss in Fantasy Short ‘In Full Bloom’. DN alum director Maegan Houang’s In Full Bloom tells a story of memory; an old woman living in her apartment becomes confronted by relics from her past, causing a void to manifest itself in the middle of her floor.
After making rounds on the festival circuit, the surrealist short film In Full Bloom begins its life online. Written and directed by Maegan Houang, In Full Bloom features Vietnamese-American actress Kiều Chinh and tells the story of Cecile, an elderly hoarder whose life is upended when worms trigger a black hole in her home and
